Dinush Kurera has pleaded not guilty to murder and assaulting his son after wife’s 2022 death in Melbourne home
The Victorian supreme court has heard Dinush Kurera, who has pleaded not guilty to murder, allegedly killed his wife, Nelomie Perera, in Sandhurst.The Victorian supreme court has heard Dinush Kurera, who has pleaded not guilty to murder, allegedly killed his wife, Nelomie Perera, in Sandhurst.A man accused of murdering his estranged wife after she asked for a divorce claims he acted in self-defence after his victim came at him with a knife “in her murderous rage”.
On Wednesday, lawyers for Kurera, whom prosecutors allege had no injuries after the attack, told a jury that he admitted he killed his wife but he did so to save his own life. She told him he could no longer stay at their family home, organised a storage unit where she moved his belongings and was fearful about his return home to Melbourne, Gibson alleged.
The court heard that Kurera then drove to the family home in Sandhurst, in Melbourne’s southeast, used the crowbar to break through the fence while wearing dark clothing and gloves. Gibson said the family then moved to the living room where the estranged couple argued before Kurera again hit Perera with the hatchet.Our Australian afternoon update breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what’s happening and why it mattersHe told the court that the pair’s 17-year-old son tried to run for help, but Kurera chased him and hit him with the axe.“It just didn’t happen,” the defence barrister said on Wednesday.
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